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So it's official. We are not moving to Portland. The higher ups in my department decided that they didn't really need to create a new manager position in that office and would rather just roll status qou. It's short sighted, but fuck it, at least Nicole and I aren't still floating in limbo.

It's kind of a bummer on a couple of fronts - it would have advanced my career, we could have bought a house, new town = new shit to see and do, etc... BUT, now we get to stay close to family and friends and I can take that money and spend it on shit that we totally don't need, like furniture and trips to San Francisco.

THATS RIGHT, MIAH & ANGIE!! WE'RE COMING FOR YOU!!

My liver still hurts from Christmas.

Currently listening : Catch the Brass Ring By Ferraby Lionheart Release date: 04 September, 2007

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Wedding Stuff

So Nicole Hernandez and Iain Marrs are getting married late September. I couldn't invite all my loved ones to the wedding, but you can all view the website and say nice things in our online guestbook.

After the wedding and honeymoon, we will throw a party for all the people who couldn't come.

Oh, and if you get an invite, please RSVP via mail since we dig getting something more than bills.

http://weddings.theknot.com/pwp/view/co_main.aspx?coupleid=3263596887982166

if you fee inclined to buy us something from the registery, teh baby jesus will look favorably upon all your endeavors.

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July is a busy month

Ok, so after a long hiatus, I feel the need to go to some shows. So,

June 30th, Built to Spill

July 6th Belle and Sebastian and the Shins

July 7th The Rentals and Ozma

Please feel free to come to any of these shows and say hello to me. OR MAYBE WE CAN CARPOOL!!!

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I stole from Elizabeth

1. Something purple within 5 feet of you?
A clock

2. The sexiest item of clothing you own?
my penguin cardigan

3. Your nails were last painted:?
years ago whilst I slept

4. The weirdest thing you've ever heated in the microwave?
chicken teryaki bowl with nacho cheese doritos and salsa

5. How much Japanese do you know?
I think that i can say that thing the japanese guy says from superfriends

6. Do you look good in yellow?
I dont care because it makes me feel like a sunbeam

7. Do you sing?
I'll make your body sing

8. Ever danced naked in front of a crowd??
you cant get a crowd anywhere its warm enough for me to get naked

10. Do you have a nice cell phone
maybe it was once

11. Least favorite color?
putty

12. Ever had Dippin' Dots?
In a mall, where dippin dots belong

13. Ever played an instrument?
no, but i;ve been played like an instrument. I sound like an oboe

14. Ever had an H2O mass?
is that like getting water in my knee? I'm water proof.

15. Do you believe in Big Foot??
No, but I believe in big feet.

16. Ever been to a palm reader?
Yes, several times.

17. Last Pez dispenser you had?
boba fett bitches!!

18. Had sex in your current car?
No. I have a bed. theres more room

19. Did you have a good weekend?
pretty good. not bad

20. Do you have a best friend?
Yup

21. Do you go tanning?
No, I dont go tan. I also dont go breathing or go sweating. Jesus.

22. How is today going for you?
Slow but sweet

23. Any plans for tonight?
Probably not

24. Have you ever had stitches?
In my hand. I had staples once too. That was rad.

26. If you could be anywhere right now where would you be?
Rome

27. Do you find yourself sexy?
One day i did, but I was embarrassed and now we dont talk about it.

28. Current disappointment?
my lavash wrap turned out to be meat and not chicken

29. Do you have an air freshener in your car?
Me!

30. Do you have plants in your room?
Not in the house.

31. If you could drink anything right this second, what would it be?
A margarita

32. Last piece of mail opened?
Get 0% Until June on Balance Transfers

33. Does anything hurt on your body right now?
my wrist, because i work it so hard

34. What city was your last taxi cab ride in?
um...um...um... I forget. Maybe Granada

35. If someone you hated died, would you laugh and spit on their grave?
Why waste the effort when you've already won

36. What is your favorite drink at Starbucks?
iced mocha (not blended)

37. Steak or ham?
Ham steak

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Time Killing

1. How tall are you barefoot? 5'9

2. Have you ever smoked heroin? I don't think so

3. Do you own a gun? Hahahahaha... No

4. Rehab? Yup

5. Do you get nervous before "meeting the parents"? A little, but parents generally love me

6. What do you think of hot dogs? I like them with fixins

7. What's your favorite Christmas song? Little Drummer Boy even though I dont know that words

8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Coffee with cream and sugar

9. Do you work out? No, but occasionally I like to think that I will

11. Are you vegan? Oh dear god no.

12. Do you like painkillers? When I am in pain, I sure do

13. What is your secret weapon to lure in the opposite sex? Get them drunk. Then get drunk myself.

14. Do you own a knife? I did until it got stolen from my car.

15. Do you have A.D.D? No, though if I asked a physician, I could probably be diagnosed with it.

16. Date Of Birth? 9/28/1975

17. Top 3 thoughts at this exact moment: Thinking about drinking water, whether I need a new lenses in my glasses, what me and the fiance did last night.

18. Name the last 3 things you have bought? Mcdonalds, beer and cigarettes, a light bulb

19. Name five drinks you regularly drink: Pepsi, Apple Juice, Beer, Water, Coffee

20. What time do you wake up? 7:45 or 8am

21. Current hair? buzz cut

22. Current worry? Wedding Invitations

23. Current hate? Price Gouging

24. Favorite places to be? In bed, eating and drinking wine with Nicole, napping on the couch

25. Least favorite place to be? In line anywhere, traffic

26. Where would you like to go? Rome, Ireland, Syria, Portland

27. Do you own slippers? yes, because my feet get cold. But I only wear them with my robe so I look like a total dork

28. Where do you think you'll be in 10 yrs? Hospital

29. Do you burn or tan? I Burn and then my skin is not quite white.

30. Last 5 things you ate? Cheeseburger, chicken nuggets, french fries, apple pie, apple juice

31. Would you be a pirate? Fucking A right

32. Last time you had an alcoholic drink? last night

33. What songs do you sing in the shower? Beatles tunes mostly, sometime the R&B from the 60's

35. What's in your pockets right now? Lint

36. Last person that made you laugh? Nicole

37. Best bed sheets you had as a child? The Black Hole

38. Worst injury you've ever had? staples placed in back of head. I've been lucky

40. How many TVs do you have in your house? 2 set up, 5 total available

41. Who is your loudest friend? I am. Maybe Elizabeth is second. Angie could come in third

42. Who is your most silent friend? Nicole or Jeramiah

43. Does someone have a crush on you? Probably not

44. Do you wish on stars? I dont look at the sky anymore

45. What is your favorite movie? Kicking and Screaming (not with will ferrel), Monty Python Holy Grail, Excalibur

46. What is your favorite candy? Dark Chocolate

47. What song do/did you want played at your wedding? It's Only Time - The Magnetic Fields

48. What do you want played at your funeral? Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley

49. What were you doing 12AM last night? Completely passed out and drooling

50. Do you like the pain a tattoo brings? What? Probably not.

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I'm getting sick

I have this hanging tickle in the back of my throat and a runny nose and I dont sleep well at night because my throat gets dry and sore and I'm thirsty as if after a night of heavy drinking, but I'm not sick enough not to go to work. I'm just sick enough to be surly and lazy and unmotivated.

I have this project at work where I am going through 6000 words and playing with their titles and its perhaps the most boring thing that I have done in a long time.

I'm going to a doctors today, not for the sickness, but for my hand. We will find out what it is soon!!!

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Movie Geekdom - how many you seen?

Top 100 overlooked film gems of the 90's - I have seen 70 of them.

Miller's Crossing

Safe

The Sweet Hereafter

Lone Star

Heavenly Creatures

Waiting for Guffman

The Hudsucker Proxy

Babe: Pig in the City

Dead Man

Fearless

Bound

Chungking Express

The Straight Story

Searching for Bobby Fischer

Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai

That Thing You Do!

Dead Again

Sneakers

Zero Effect

The Butcher Boy

Truly, Madly, Deeply

In the Company of Men

Devil in a Blue Dress

The Red Violin

Cemetery Man

Hamlet

Breakdown

Welcome to the Dollhouse

The Apostle

Eve's Bayou

Hard Eight

Defending Your Life

A Little Princess

Bringing Out the Dead

Hana-Bi (Fireworks)

Jacob's Ladder

The Spanish Prisoner

Pump Up the Volume

Beautiful Girls

The Double Life of Veronique

Very Bad Things

Richard III

October Sky

Strange Days

My Neighbor Totoro

L.A. Story

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

A Bronx Tale

The Limey

A Perfect World

Before Sunrise

Bob Roberts

Dick

Raise the Red Lantern

One False Move

The Ref

Exotica

Sonatine

Joe Versus the Volcano

Matinee

The Ice Storm

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Croupier

The Winslow Boy

Girl on the Bridge

Bullet in the Head

Darkman

Cannibal! The Musical

Fast, Cheap & Out of Control

Smoke

The Last Days of Disco

Fresh

Eye of God

Flirting with Disaster

Bottle Rocket

Ashes of Time

Fallen Angels

Great Expectations

Kundun

A Midnight Clear

Deep Cover

Ravenous

Twin Falls, Idaho

The People vs. Larry Flynt

Quick Change

The Secret of Roan Inish

Beloved

Big Night

Topsy-Turvy

Living in Oblivion

Jesus' Son

Glengarry Glen Ross

Chaplin

Dead Alive

Jude

Cradle Will Rock

Proof

The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl

Titus

Mystery Men

http://ofcs.rottentomatoes.com/pages/pr/1990overlooked

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Another quiz

Q: What's the last text message on your cell phone say?:
A: "How about spliting one pitcher of beer and playing a few games of pool? Only one pitcher though."

Q: Whose bed did you sleep in last night?:
A: Mine

Q: What color shirt are you wearing?:
A: White collared short sleeve shirt like Dilbert but edgier.

Q: Most recent movie that you watched?:
A: I watched the beginning of Be Cool before I took their advice and did something else

Q: Name one thing that you do everyday?:
A: wonder if sitting all day is going to give me hemorrhoids

Q: What's the color of your bedroom walls?:
A: the color of love with overtones of lust

Q: How much cash do you have on you right now?:
A: Just enough to make me feel like I still dont have enough to give to the homeless

Q: What's your favorite sport? (to watch)
A: Football or Celebrity boxing

Q: I can't wait till...?
A: its all over. No, fag, I do not want to die.

Q: When was the last time you saw your mom?
A: I told myself I wouldnt cry

Q: Who got you to join myspace?
A: Kerri and Elizabeth

Q: What did you have for dinner last night?
A: This NY steak in a pinot noir sauce with grilled asparagus and proscuitto

Q: Is Tom on your friends list?
A: I'm sure someone on there is named Tom

Q: Look to your left. What's there?
A: Space... The final frontier

Q: Whats the last piece of clothing you borrowed from someone?
A: Panties, but she doesn't know

Q: What website(s) do you visit the most during the day?
A: Fark.com

Q: Do you have an air freshener in your car?
A: yers, from 8 months ago. It has long since stopped freshening

Q: Does anything hurt on your body right now?
A: my eyebrow hair.

Q: What city was your last taxicab ride in?
A: San Diego

Q: Do you own a picture phone?
A: No. 

Q: What's your favorite Starbucks drink?
A: Coffee - IS THAT TOO GENERAL FOR YOU??

Q: Recent time you were really upset?
A: Um... my stomach felt bad the other night after too much cheese. Does that count?

Q: Would you have a problem if your friend went after your ex boyfriend/girlfriend?
A: with an axe? yes. With their genitals? probably not.

_______Last________
1. Person you saw: Outside of work I assume? Nicole

2. Talk on the phone: The finance lady from school.

3. Hugged: Nicole

4. IM: My manager talking about honeymoon places

5. Song you listened to: Star/Pointro by The Roots

6. Last person to make you laugh: my pop actually

_______________________Today_____________________
1. What are you doing now: Yawning

2. What are you doing tonight: Yawning

3. What did you eat for Lunch: Cafeteria Roast Beast with Mashed Taters and raw Broccoli

______________________Tomorrow____________________
1. Is: one number higher than today

2. Got any plans: Study, digest, dream

3. Goal:Oleeeee Ole Ole Ole

4. Dislikes about tommorrow: It took my lunch money? I hear it sleeps around.

5. Do you have work: Lots
______________________Currently_____________________

1. In love with someone: the perfect someone

2. Missing someone: yes

3. Mood: Prepared to be let down.

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In search of the perfect shit
Current mood: content

I decided today, after lunch, that I am going to radically adjust my diet in a series of experiments meant to induce the perfect bm. I want a turd that i can be proud of. One that has body and substance but comes away clean. Where you wipe once out of habit and a sense of hygiene, but you know you really dont have to because it left no trace of its passing. I think that a diet heavy in cheese, straw and twigs might be able to achieve this, but since I will not go vegitarian, I will find other, less freakish ways of acheiving this new and exciting lifegoal. Pray for me!

Currently listening : The Tipping Point By The Roots Release date: 13 July, 2004

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Another quiz! Oh My God!

1. You're infected. Your Myspace Top 8 has the cure. One must die. Choose?
Bust a deal, face the wheel – GULAG!!

2. What Myspace friend knows the REAL you best?
German, Bennett or Nicole. STEEL CAGE MATCH!!

3. Describe a typical Monday for you?
Alarm goes off at 7:30, snooze, snooze, snooze, shower, work, lunch, work, home, gym?, dinner, homework, TV, bedtime at 10 or 11

4. Any odd routines you follow when you wake up
I rub my feet for about 10 minutes under the covers

5. If alcohol was banned worldwide, what would your reaction be?
nuclear retaliation

6. When was the last time you cried?
Longer ago than I would think considering what a girlie man I am

7. Your CD collection is going to be repossessed. You may keep one. Name it?
Getz/Gilberto because hot jazz is always cool

8. Do you believe world peace is possible?
Not as long as people are still around.

9. I'm a genie. Name your wish:
Time Travel – so I can go back and not take this quiz

10. Name one thing about the OPPOSITE sex that automatically turns you off?
moustache

11. Name one thing about the SAME sex that automatically turns you off?
machismo

12. Speaking of SAME sex, what do you think of Brokeback Mountain?
Ang Lee could make a morning shit oscar worthy

13. What popular phrase do you find to be incredibly annoying?
Anything popularized by Snoop besides "Bitches"

14. Regarding sexual needs, do you let a person know what you want?
I want sex. It's simple. And I communicate it often.

15. Leatherface is in the kitchen. Will you fight to victory, or hide?
I wonder what he's cooking up.

16. Do you feel that people underestimate you? Why?
Sure, because I look like someone who should be underestimated

17. Was it just me, or did Mariah lip-synch half her performance at the Grammys?
What was it homer simpson said about the grammy's? Something about WHY THE FUC WOULD I WATCH THEM EVER EVER EVER?

18. Honestly, do you talk about Myspace in real life?
I mention how I was on it before it was cool because that makes me cool and hip and in the know while you are stale dog cum on the leg of a homeless man.

19. Have you met someone from online in person?
Sure, and I met someone from in person online.

20. When it comes to cybersex, are you game? Or do you steer clear?
If I'm going to jerk it, I prefer to do it solo.

21. Do you believe minimum wage should be raised?
Support the economy!!! Higher wages means more purchases!!

22. If someone at a bar gives you "the look" how do you respond to it?
Try to get them to buy me a drink.

23. Desperation happens. Do you take advantage of desperate people?
 I'd sell a rats asshole to a blind man as a wedding ring – Thank you Richard Brautigan

24. Pretend you're 15 deep in beers. Describe what you would be doing now?
Sounding off loudly about something that I think that I know a lot about and probably pissing on the wall.

25. Sometimes people get depressed. Are you the one they turn to? Why?
Maybe in the old days. Now I am too self absorbed

26. Describe your "style"?
Sloppy drunk

27. Describe what your "type" is?
O

28. Love and Sex go together. Would you have sex if no love was involved?

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